The Meeker herald., 1887-05-21
GKsK0AL NEWS.

nrpiS week ~ June.
TIE South Park railroad, I, is said,
will opOn bc la the hands Of receiver.
There il y great scarcity OF practical
minxs ut Aspen just now. All proper
ties with anything like u prospect for
ore &re being worked.
l,IS Chief, tho noted Pawnee Indian,
VIII. with others Of his iribe. have been
ext biting throughout the country, died
At Chicago last Sunday.
Itst Sunday night the paper ware
hQp-s os kerstsns. Peters \ Co. and AN
81 ping building, In Denver, We're ds-
~ IL By hre. los $500; insured.
TIE Midland itailroad company has
sur on ia hands In getting n right Of
way through land owned by the Twin
Lakes Placer syndicate. 1t Is now ON
trial n B,,ssa Vista
A s-ntletan just up from Glen
wood says that town Is notorious FOR
lice.-Eagle River Comet.
Come oH !ivill. Vent your spleen In
. sentlemsity manner.
Ihs State Land board, under deci-
sion made Jeccntly In reference 10 the
leased lsnds In the u. Indian resena-
lioa. II driving vouchers for ,h. re-
funding Of the irass money.
France sxi Germany nru still nj log.
gcrhcasis. The French government Is
closins up factories who employ Ger.
inaS worion~n. and Bismarck Is doing
tho same with regard 10 French work.
inst,en caployc,i In Germany, even tx
pel1 ing them.
I1ntss Grimes, n u ycar-old boy. -m-
pioyed by the Western Union Telegraph
Company. In Dsayor. died i.,s, Monday
froe, the effects OF smoking cigarettes
lie xns sick hut few days. during all
of which time black froih ousci con.
.inuoasly from his mouth. This ls the
third boy who has died n horribl. death in
Dcnvsr. from cigarette smoking, within
ayear.
A shocking accident happened Mt III.
wes; cnsi of ihr Midland tunnel. west OF
leS!villc, In which James Mannis. u
lDy of fourteen years, was literally
blown 70 pieces by the explosion Of
gia,. powder. Tie cause of the .cci
def Ii only known by theory. lie was
dis ,stci,eti Ia the magazine for box of
xis i. and Il is probable that In return
a. 4 - a A A Al.
pow:cr to explode. Flesh and bones
wc;u scattered In every direction, and
SCARCELY enough left intact 10 Identify
the youth.
An Immense amount Of treasure las
lscn found In India. estimated nj over
twenty i've million dollars. Tho ir-a.
surr had been burri--l In pits beneath
the vaults under the Z.nana, or womcn's
quarters. Of the Palace ciyalior. by the
late Mahsrntj. and the secrc; entrusted
TO few confidential servants. After
removing the earth 10 u depth Of sil
fcst the wotkmem revealed great flag
stones. and beneath these were several
pits filled To the br!n with silver. chiefly
newly coined rupees. In each pit was
n plate recording the amount Of the
trc&sure contained therein The India
Government has taken possession cf the
heard As "loan" from the Young Iaha.
raJsli. The matter will bc bTough; b.,-
fore Parliament by the young Princes
friends rs IN whether the loan ba not
another name for seisnr..
Justice William u. Woods Of the Sn-
pte;nc Cour; Of the United States. died
nj his residence In Washington. Nav
18th. lie WIS born IN Ohio ani grndu.
aied at falc In ist5. and began Ia prac-
,ico law two years later. At the break
ing out Of the war. In 1851. ne entered
the army as Lieutenant Colonel Of the
Se,enty-sixth Ohio. serving 10 the end
OF the war. when he was mustered out
a Major General. His division was one
Of the four that made the famous with
OCT orders" charge. which carried Mis-
sionary Ridge and sent Bragg's army in
retreat. lie was appointed Circuit
Judge by President Grant and went 10
the supreme Bench In $50. Funeral
services were held on the 10th inst. and
were attended by President Cleveland
and the members OF his Cabinent, the
Justices Of the Supreme Court. Lieut.
General Sheridan, Admiral Porter. and
the friends Of the family. The remains
were taken. in special car, TO Ohio,
for 0nal sepulture.